May 16, 2008
West Salem, Wisconsin
LaCrosse Fairgrounds Speedway
“Battle in the Bluffs”
“Midget Maynia Tour”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-18.177; 2. Shane Hmiel, 21d, DMS-18.190; 3. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-18.218; 4. Jerry Coons Jr, 11, Wilke-Pak-18.258; 5. Dave Darland, 9, Nine Racing-18.303; 6. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-18.328; 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-18.341; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7a, C&A;-18.369; 9. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-18.380; 10. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.404; 11. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-18.430; 12. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-18.439; 13. Stephanie Mockler, 6, East-18.458; 14. Mark Atkinson, 23, Atkinson, 18.481; 15. Ron Gregory, 32, RFMS-18.492; 16. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-18.492; 17. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-18.511; 18. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-18.515; 19. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, REV 1-18.571; 20. Zach Schiff, 5, East-18.635; 21. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-18.637; 22. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-18.664; 23. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-18.688; 24. Dallas Melby, 51, Melby-18.695; 25. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-18.733; 26. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-18.762; 27. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-18.827; 28. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-18.857; 29. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galdrige-19.023; 30. Ben Petter, 22, Petter-19.127; 31. Slade Miller, 16, Miller-19.181; 32. David Byrne, 20d, Byrne-19.208; 33. Caitlin Shaw, 89, Shaw-19.241; 34. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-19.276 35. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio, NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marietta, 2. Galdridge, 3. Whitt, 4. Olson, 5. Bacon, 6. Swanson, 7. Darland, 8. Mockler, 9. Shaw 3:04.27

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Kuhn, 3. Kramer, 4. Sweet, 5. Atkinson, 6. Petter, 7. Beauchamp, 8. Clouser, 9. Loyet 3:01.86

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. Hagen, 3. Gregory, 4. East, 5. Jones, 6. Hines, 7. Barber, 8. Miller, 9. Murgoitio NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Melby, 2. Windom, 3. Boat, 4. Margeson, 5. Schiff, 6. Armstorng, 7. Coons, 8. Byrne 3:06.81

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Coons, 5. Bacon, 6. Jones, 7. Armstrong, 8. Atkinson, 9. Petter, 10. Mockler, 11. Barber, 12. Schiff, 13. Loyet, 14. Shaw, 15. Clouser, 16. Miller, 17. Beauchamp 3:49.50

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Shane Hmiel, 5. Brad Sweet, 6. Bobby East, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Evan Margeson 10. Darren Hagen, 11. Chris Windom, 12. Cole Whitt, 13. Dallas Melby, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Brian Olson, 16. Brad Kuhn, 17. Mario Marietta, 18. Ron Gregory, 19. Chad Boat, 20. Levi Jones, 21. Adam Kramer, 22. Bradley Galedrige 9:37.76

Yeah but let's see him try a midget on dirt.

On a side note, check out those qualifying times...I looked it up and the track is listed as a 5/8's mile...fast time works out to an average of 123.782 mph!

Our NorCal kid, Brad Sweet, didn't do too badly either with a 5th in his Kahne 49.

And this was posted on the NorCal board on Hoseheads:

"USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS - Anderson Speedway, Indiana 100-laps
FINISH.......Tyler Swanson,Brad Sweet, Bobby Santos, Cole Whitt,Windom, Chad Boat"

Midgets, Sprints, pavement or dirt, Brad can get it done!

I'm guessing Cole is the son of Tobin Whitt and brother of Branden Whitt (Craftsman Truck Series winner)? Tobin was a very good driver at Cajon Speedway years ago.

Cole is the son of Tobin but i believe the cousin of Brandon.

I heard a rumor that Shane was one a line that night